Château la Verrerie Hautes Collines (Red)

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  • 2020

    Château la Verrerie Hautes Collines (Red) 2020 - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Dark purple garnet. A hint of Syrah leatheriness on the nose. Inky, glassy, basalt-black minerality on the palate. Firm tannins, lots of black fruit, saline mineral mulberries and blackberries. A hint of liquorice, some wild fennel and garrigue slightly saline. Quite closed. The tannins have a chewy firmness to them which strikes more of Provence and its rustic reds, but the finish is chewy, polished, inky and reminiscent of the gloss and effortlessness of some of the Rhone. Loads of fruit, but all within a super elegant structure with long length and lovely complexity of fruit and savoury flavours with some garrigue black chocolate. It is big, classy and awfully well-balanced. A grand vin ageing imperceptibly. Stellar, a serious class act.

    Tasted May 2025

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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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